Poem by James Joyce

Chamber Music. 19. Be Not Sad Because All Men

Be not sad because all men
    Prefer a lying clamour before you:
Sweetheart, be at peace again—
    Can they dishonour you?

They are sadder than all tears;
    Their lives ascend as a continual sigh.
Proudly answer to their tears:
    As they deny, deny. 

1. Chamber Music. 7. My Love Is in a Light Attire
2. Chamber Music. 33. Now, O Now, in This Brown Land
3. Chamber Music. 16. O Cool Is the Valley Now
4. Chamber Music. 10. Bright Cap and Streamers
5. Chamber Music. 22. Of That So Sweet Imprisonment

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